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Gabriel Capparelli

Gabriel Capparelli

Solution Architect at ROCHE / Awarded Regional IT Applications Manager / AWS Certified

Driving License
Spain
Employed Open to opportunities
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I am a curious data wizard with a love for data architecture design patterns in a constant quest to deliver architecture and artificial intelligence solutions.

Computer Scientist with over 22 years of IT experience in multinational, multicultural environments. Balanced on-hand technical skills and senior management experience. Recognized for innovative, creative and ethical work and high performance, lead by example personality.
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Experience
  • AWS Solution Design and Deployment: Successfully orchestrated the design and deployment of numerous AWS solutions and data pipelines, powering analytics projects across Europe, the USA, and LATAM. Key focal points included the implementation of microservices, datalakes, data mesh, and data warehousing solutions.
  • Global Program Collaboration: Collaborated on a global scale within a strategic program, contributing expertise in various key areas, including:
    • Crafting comprehensive designs and data flow diagrams.
    • Preparing and delivering project documentation for architecture review boards.
    • Providing expert consultation on the implementation of technical architecture activities.
    • Actively engaging with the EPICX program community to validate and enhance the project implementation process.
  • Orchestrated Data Integration: Engineered multiple data pipelines, aggregating diverse data sources into the Data Warehouse, ensuring streamlined and efficient data processing. Optimizing data workflows and ensuring the continued efficiency of critical data integration processes using Talend Cloud platform.
  • Data Modeling and Dashboard Enrichment: Assumed a pivotal role in data modeling and dataset construction, creating of impactful commercial business dashboards hosted on AWS and presented through Tableau for insightful analytics.
  • Strategic AWS Deployment: Accountable for the successful deployment of five AWS solutions and data pipelines, bolstering analytics projects across the LATAM region, spanning Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, and Peru.
  • Global Collaboration within the EpiCX Initiative: Actively engaged in a global capacity as a key contributor to the EpiCX project, offering expertise in various crucial areas.
  • Datalab Leadership and Data-Driven Innovation: Initiated the Datalab initiative at Tecnatom, serving as the cornerstone of our data-driven strategy. Led the design and execution of data and machine learning pipelines, orchestrated the establishment of DataLakes, and architected an analytics framework. Additionally, excelled in the development of AI solutions, with a particular focus on Computer Vision. Managed the cloud architecture and infrastructure on AWS for Tecnatom.
  • Cost-Efficient Migration and AWS Optimization: Successfully led the migration of applications and services to a new infrastructure, achieving a 40% annual reduction in AWS costs. Designed and implemented the complete AWS landscape, encompassing data and infrastructure architecture.
  • Exemplary Data Project Delivery: Demonstrated proficiency by designing and developing over ten "exceed expectation" data projects in the year 2020. These initiatives significantly contributed to the company's success and innovation within the data domain.
  • Designed and developed the technical solution for blueLake at Engie Corporation. BlueLake is a DataLake implementation that manages data integration between SAP, MS Dynamics, Salesforce, ServiceNow and a dozen other applications and delivers data solutions to customers via APIs and microservices.
  • Migration of Tecnatom's LMS infrastructure to AWS kubernetes EKS services, significantly reducing operational costs and enabling a much needed disaster recovery plan.
  • Produced a positive tangible impact on the bottom line by implementing several machine learning models to predict equipment failures and perform recommendations on the technical assistance business.
  • Sought-after internal senior consultant for designing on-premise and/or cloud applications, data, API and infrastructure solutions.
  • Designed and developed production AI solutions in the fields of computer vision (object recognition and class attention video analysis, NLP and comprehension, sentiment analysis in social media feeds and machine learning applications.
  • Software engineer with expert knowledge of SQL, PHP and Python. Ample experience in MySQL, SQL Server, ORACLE and Elasticsearch.
  • Hands on experience integrating Salesforce, SAP, MS Dynamics, ServiceNow and API capable applications using Talend Data Integration
  • Pre-sales solutions, presentations and collaboration
  • Completely and successfully restructured the technical department. Recruited and created a motivated team and greatly improved customer satisfaction by implementing a help desk.
  • Designed the technical solution and successfully managed the team that completed on time and budget a Real Estate intelligent, scalable application. Obtained a new large scale project from the same big-player customer in the Real Estate business in Latin America.
  • Successfully redirected company strategy and goals thus boosting board of directors confidence and securing future investment funding for new hires and acquisitions.
  • Lead R&D to apply machine learning algorithms for innovative products to solve everyday problems. Create blueprints for data management systems to integrate, centralize, protect and maintain data sources.
  • Order Tracking Solution: Designed and developed a sophisticated, multi-process, and multi-system order tracking application for Rockwell Automation. This large-scale project seamlessly integrated various systems, including SAP, MFG/Pro, and external carriers, enhancing order management and tracking capabilities.
  • Content-Based Recommender System: Created the design and implemented a content-based recommender system for a valued customer in the food industry based in Germany. Leveraging advanced classifier machine learning algorithms, this system delivered personalized and data-driven recommendations, significantly enriching the customer's user experience and engagement.
  • MFG/Pro Expertise and Latin American Expansion: Prior to the successful MFG/Pro implementation in Venezuela and Colombia, served as the MFG/Pro expert consultant for Argentina and Chile. Responsibilities encompassed server sizing, MFG/Pro installation, standardizing LA processes, executing bolt-on Progress programming, and conducting comprehensive training.
  • HCM SAP Data Migration: Led the successful data migration from HR legacy systems across 13 countries to the corporate HCM SAP platform, a pivotal achievement within the GPT R8 project. Recognized with the Rockwell CTM award for consistently exceeding expectations during the conversion.
  • MFG/Pro Server Consolidation and Clustering: Led the IT initiative for consolidating MFG/Pro instances across 12 Latin American countries, centralizing operations in Milwaukee's (HQ) data center. This effort was personally recognized with a CTM award.
  • Implemented Electronic Invoicing for RA Chile: Led the implementation of MFG/PRO electronic invoicing (paperless) for the RA Chile subsidiary ahead of legal deadlines, revolutionizing the billing process and ensuring compliance with tax regulations.
  • Multi-Faceted IT Leadership: Held a pivotal role in managing, designing, and implementing a diverse portfolio of medium to large IT projects throughout Latin America. Notable projects include:
    • Latin America Data Warehouse (LADW): Designed and served as the technical lead for an enhanced version utilizing SQL Server, Java, and Cognos technologies, providing senior management with crucial sales and financial data.
    • SAP R8 HCM Latin America Legacy Systems Conversion: Functioned as the data developer (ETL) responsible for migrating HR legacy systems to SAP HCM across all Latin America sites.
    • Monterrey Payroll IT Leadership: Oversaw the implementation of META4 payroll outsourcing in Rockwell's new Monterrey plant.
    • Automated Marketing Event Registration System: Designed and developed a fully automated marketing event registration and tracking system, earning commendation for this achievement.
    • Web Access IT: Led the development of new features and orchestrated the migration of the legacy web application utilized by Latin America distributors.
    • Dispatch to Invoice (D2I) Project Management: Managed a Six Sigma project aimed at reducing invoice processing time by 300%, significantly improving Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) from over 180 to 30-60 days.
  • Strategic IT Leadership in the Andean Region: Orchestrated the IT infrastructure and business applications teams, overseeing operations for Rockwell Automation's RA subsidiaries in the Andean region, spanning Venezuela, Colombia, and Peru. Notable achievements included regional standardization initiatives and the successful migration of ERP systems to MFG/Pro, transitioning email systems to Lotus Notes, and optimizing networking through Novell Netware.

IT Consultant Rockwell Automation

CapperSoft C.A.
November 1995 to 1998
  • On-Site IT Consultancy at Rockwell Automation: Contributed as an on-site IT consultant at Rockwell Automation, where responsibilities encompassed a broad spectrum of tasks, including desktop support, LAN management, database analysis, and application development. Demonstrated expertise in providing essential IT services. Sold my shares for a profit to accept a Regional IT Manager position at Rockwell Automation.

Techology Manager

CapperSoft C.A.
May 1992 to 1995
  • Entrepreneurial Ventures and Consultancy Leadership: As a co-founder and director of a company, leveraged extensive IT and IS experience to offer external consulting services to a range of small to mid-sized companies, with a primary focus on the civil engineering (construction) industry. The company's notable achievement was the development of a Construction Project Control System, recognized with an award from the Venezuela Engineering School as one of the top three Civil Engineering programs of the year in 1993.
Awards, certifications and skills

Awards

  • Applause Award for "Exceptional work on establishing the data basis for the SAP reporting golas" - 2024
  • Multiple Applause Awards as winner of SQL and Python coding challenges in 2023.
  • Applause Award for the valuable contribution to the EpiCX project - 2023
  • Spotlight Award - For leadership in the critical MCP project - 2023
  • Influencer Award for the "Excellent work optimizing AWS costs" - 2022
  • Club Chief Data Officer Spain & Latam. Prize "Premio a la Excelencia 2020" for the project "Learning Analytics" - 2020
  • Capture the Moment (CTM) 2013 award as IT data developer in migrating HR legacy systems data to SAP in the GPT R8 project.
  • CTM 2010 award as IT project leader in migrating and consolidating all Latin America MFGPRO servers to HQ server clusters, 2010.
  • CTM 2010 award as designer and developer of CAOTM events registration, control, follow up automated application, 2010.
  • Green Belt for Integrated Architecture, 2nd best score. 2004.
  • Latin America MFG/PRO eB upgrade implementation award, 2002.
  • Outstanding Teamwork awards Country Web Site Project, 2001.
  • Outstanding Teamwork awards Global Logistics Y2K, 2000.
  • Outstanding Teamwork awards Country Web Site Project, 2001.
  • Award of achievement for the successful implementation of the Windows 2000 project in the Andean Region, 2001.
  • Win Team award for the considerable savings in the implementation of the MFG/PRO ERP in Venezuela, 1998.
  • Best New Unitary Price Analysis software in EXPOINGENIERIA '93

Certifications and skills

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified - 5VGL9LP292VQ1YWE Sep. 2023
  • 22+ Years' experience in IT. With a well balanced mixed of management, budgets, procurement, hiring experience and hands-on software and application development skills.
  • Microsoft Certified System Administrator, Microsoft License 2910472 March 2003
  • Distinctive analysis skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • SQL, Python, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, ORACLE, EXADATA, ELK, Elasticsearch, Keras, Scikit Learn, PyTorch, Salesforce, SAP
  • Talend Studio Explorer Badge - May 2021
  • 10 Years in Project Management. 18 in Database & Applications design and implementation. Successfully managed IT application projects in Latin America.
  • Seven years hands-on professional experience developing cloud solutions in AWS.
  • Excellent problem-solving capabilities and critical thinking skills.
  • Deep interest and aptitude in data, metrics, analysis and trends. Applied knowledge of measurement, statistics and program evaluation.
  • Innate aptitude for data, data structures and algorithms.

Languages

  • Spanish
    Expert
  • English
    Expert
Education
2019 to 2020

Master

Valencia International University (Spain)

Master in Artificial Intelligence - Graduated with Honors
September 1998 to 2002

Degree

Grantham University (USA)

Computer Science / Management Information Systems
September 1984 to 1987

Electric Engineering

Universidad Central de Venezuela

After completing three years of engineering studies, I took a pause to concentrate on my IT consultancy business that later evolved into CapperSoft C.A.
September 1971 to 1983

Primary and Secondary

North Ealing Primary School - London England.
Colegio Emil Friedman - Caracas, Venezuela
Reynolds High School - London, England.
Trainings

Courses

  • Intro to AI Literacy and Regulatory Landscape, Madrid 2025
  • Dynamic Presentation Skills, Madrid 2025
  • Snowflake Fundamentals, Madrid 2024
  • Unleash the Power Withing (UPW) Tony Robbins, Birminham 2023
  • Molecules to Patients Roche, Madrid 2023
  • Enterprise Cloud Data Integration with Talend 2023
  • Leading SAFe - Scaled Agile, Madrid - 2022
  • Architecting on AWS / Amazon / 2020
  • Introduction to Data Science / University of
    Washington / Coursera Score 97.4% / 2013
  • Interactive Programming in Python / Rice University / Coursera Score 100% / 2013
  • Machine Learning / Standford University / Coursera Score 100% / 2012
  • Model Thinking / University of Michigan / Coursera Score 99.5% / 2012
  • Managing enterprise projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2012
  • IT Communication liaison training 2012
  • MS Project server 2011
  • PMP Training 2010
  • IT Governance, Project Delivery and Resource Management 2008
  • Project Management 2006
  • Six Sigma Green Belt training 2005
  • Process Improvement 2004
  • High Impact Leadership 2004
  • Windows MCSA Certification Courses
  • Altiris Deployment Server Administration 2002
  • COGNOS Impromptu and PowerPlay Administration 2000